.UC
.TH VALLOC 3
.SH NAME
valloc, vfree \- aligned memory allocator
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B char *valloc(size)
.br
.B unsigned size;
.sp .1i
.B vfree(cp)
.br
char *cp;
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Valloc
allocates
.I size
bytes aligned on a boundary adequate for
.I vread
(2)).
It is implemented by calling
.I malloc
(3) with a slightly larger request, saving the true beginning of the block
allocated, and returning a properly aligned pointer.
.I Vfree
must be used to dispose of the block.
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
.I Valloc
returns a null pointer (0) if there is no available memory
or if the arena has been detectably corrupted by storing outside the bounds
of a block.
.SH BUGS